Barnham Broom
Norfolk

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
described Barnham Broom like this:

BARNHAM-BROOM, a parish in Forehoe district, Norfolk; on the river Yare, 3 miles E of Hardingham r. station, and 5 NNW of Wymondham. It has a post office under Wymondham. Acres, 1,776. Real property, £3,748. Pop., 481. Houses, 110. The property is not much divided. The manor belongs to the Earl of Kimberley. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Bixton and the vicarage of Kimberley, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £604.* Patron, Earl of Kimberley. The church is a neat structure, with an embattled tower, and has a fine screen.

Barnham Broom is now part of
South Norfolk
district.
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South Norfolk has changed over two centuries.
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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth,
History of Barnham Broom in South Norfolk | Map and description,
A Vision of Britain through Time.